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" The number of older people with long-term illnesses is set to rise over the next few years, Help the Aged has warned. The charity&amp;#039;s research arm has found that the number of stroke survivors will increase by around 46 per cent by 2025, while the number of people with late-onset dementia will rise by 50 per cent and those with incontinence by 37 per cent. Over the same period of time, the number living with coronary heart disease will rise by 42 per cent and osteoporosis by 37 per cent. In addition, the research shows that a typical man will spend 6.8 years of his life with a long-term illness, while a typical woman will spend 9.1 years in ill health. Dr Lorna Layward, from Research into Ageing, the research arm of Help the Aged, said: &amp;#039;The good news is that we have never lived so long and never lived so long in good health. &amp;#039;But, with an ever ageing population, we are set to see increases in a whole range of distressing diseases, from dementia to incontinence, within a generation.&amp;#039; The recent 2008 Spotlight Report by Help the Aged predicted that the UK population will rise from around 60 million to 70 million by 2031 and reach 85 million by 2081. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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